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The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals struck down a provision in Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4123.88(A) that bars an attorney from soliciting authority to represent a claimant or employer with respect to a worker’s compensation claim or appeal. Finding the provision violated the First Amendment, the Court acknowledged that the state had an interest—up to a point—in protecting the privacy of those who had filed a claim with the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation. A blanket ban of solicitation was too broad, said the Court. Ohio’s interest in protecting claimant privacy could not outweigh the law firm’s right to engage in commercial speech.
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See Bevan & Assoc., LPA v. Yost, 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 20201 (6th Cir., July 8, 2019)
See generally Larson’s Workers’ Compensation Law, § 133.03.
Source: Larson’s Workers’ Compensation Law, the nation’s leading authority on workers’ compensation law
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